Executive team

Lisa joined Stroke Foundation as Executive Director Stroke Services and Research in May 2020. Prior to joining the Stroke Foundation, Lisa held the role of General Manager Advocacy and Health at Kidney Health Australia, where she has led the development and delivery of the Commonwealth Government commissioned ‘National Strategic Action Plan for Kidney Disease’ including securing $3.7m in Commonwealth funding to support initiatives associated with the Action Plan. She held other executive and senior management roles since joining Kidney Health Australia in 2016 including as National Manager Kidney Cancer, General Manager Research and Interim CEO, leading the peak body for kidney disease in Australia.

Lisa has a deep knowledge of chronic disease through participation as a member of Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance and the Victoria Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance. Her experience also includes a number of consumer engagement and co-design projects, not limited to collaboration with Better Evidence and Translation in Chronic Kidney Disease (BEAT-CKD) and executive sponsor for the Kidney National Consumer Council. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Membership of the Royal College of Physicians. She has a number of publications on chronic kidney disease and consumer engagement.

Prior to migrating to Australia, Lisa worked over ten years in the National Health Service in the UK which has provided her with broad medical training in general and emergency medicine, anaesthesia and intensive care. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, and has published a number of publications in chronic kidney disease. 

John joined the Stroke Foundation in 2016. He has more than 15 years of senior management experience in both corporate and non-for-profit environments.

His early career commenced in membership management with a number of AFL Clubs, before joining Save the Children Australia where he led the marketing and fundraising team.

He then co-founded Redstone Marketing, a specialist fundraising strategy and marketing consultancy, working with major NGOs and Charities including Greenpeace International, Cancer Council Victoria, Peter Mac and Save the Children International.

Before joining the Stroke Foundation, John was the Director of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation.

John holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from RMIT University.